首页|Researchers Submit Patent Application, 'Methods And Systems For Robotic-Assisted Insertion Of Medical Fasteners', for Approval (USPTO 20240074825)
Researchers Submit Patent Application, 'Methods And Systems For Robotic-Assisted Insertion Of Medical Fasteners', for Approval (USPTO 20240074825)
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News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors: “There is a general desire across the healthcare system to reduce cost, ensure patients’ safety, and improve clinical outcomes. One way to accomplish these goals is by improving surgical instruments so that they provide more consistent, repeatable results. For example, orthopedic surgeons often hav e to use Kirschner wires, pins, and other medical fasteners during a surgical pr ocedure, as dictated by the particular type of surgical procedure being performe d and the type of surgical navigation system being used. One use of such medical fasteners is to affix marker devices to bones. The marker devices are then iden tified by the surgical navigation system to track the movement of the bones thro ughout the procedure. Another use of such medical fasteners is to affix cut guid es or jigs to bones for guiding saws or drills. Surgeons using conventional surg ical navigation systems are generally required to position a guide as dictated b y the navigation system and then drill though the guide to place the fastener. S ome surgical systems may use robotic assistance to place the drill guide, wherea s others may be purely navigated by the surgeon. Regardless of whether the surgi cal system uses robotic assistance and the ultimate use for the affixed fastener s, surgeons have to use multiple different tools and perform multiple different steps to place the fasteners, which can be an inefficient process.
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